You might want to consider a reinforcement strip on the inside to prevent the nuts from deforming the metal around the holes. Between wind and weight of the glass and frame it may need a little more support.
Yes , and I probably would've just started with that. So position in the place where the fit looks the best , template the holes , drill 'm and see how much of a fit you can get just with bolting it down. You can just pull the metal of the cowl up to the frame and monitor the warping and if needed modify the metal. Even add more studs to get it closer in some places. Grinding that expensive frame that's designed for high grade panels is something I would probably save for last.
Just my thoughts also that window frame is really heavy on its own and then add glass and window pressure while driving I agree reinforcement is needed
I’m watching this and my wife walks in and says what is he doing it looks like he has a cake decorating tool. Lol I said he’s a a artist but he’s not baking a cake. Looks great Karl.
Does nothing stop you, Karl? WOW! Mate absolutely awesomeness at its best. You are right up there with the best auto body builders in the business regardless of what you think in your own head. Love your work as always. Billy J.... Queensland, Australia. 🚦🚥🚦🚥🚧
Ugggh, this car is just looking GORGEOUS... quality pays out and can never be denied! So excited to see what the end result will be. It's going to be a home run!!! Such gorgeous fabrication work. The bead rolling, the speed holes, and just the styling in general, this is a top shelf build! Whether it's the gentle flare just before the windshield, or that profile in the rear wheel well, it just has all of those 'factory style' details which make this look like a factory prototype. This is the difference that a master fabricator adds to a build when they get involved at a design level!
And... postscript... all that gorgeous sheetmetal... Karl... can you PLEASE go with a gloss, or maybe semi-gloss clearcoat over bare (polished) steel for the finish??!?!?! puh-leeeeeeeeeease??!?
Well Karl, you have gone this far. This car deserves a flathead with a set of Ardun heads. That's kind of what it needs. Love what you have done with this car. All the right stuff.
youtube said I opened this 8 seconds after you posted it and I was 12th to like it. Thanks for another good vid and thanks to Kristina for excellent music.
I recently started watching your your RUclips channel and love all the knowledge you pass on and your great passion and attitude you have doing metal work.
You always make things look so simple, but always point out the little things. It's an excellent looking windshield. It's gonna look killer with a similar grill.
Dimpledie work and rear valance/defuser is Phenomenal Kurt you keep one-upping yourself👍👍 Just a suggestion in the future when you are trying to make two handmade surfaces mesh make one surface the constant and the other the variable ( changing) You made both surfaces variable and that is a recipe for a nitemare Lucky for you things worked out 👍🏁🇨🇦
I think it looks great. I just want to mention that if you are going to be grinding and sanding extensively on brass or bronze on a regular basis. Respiratory protection would be a good idea. to protect from lead poisoning from the lead added to the metal to make it softer. I worked in a brass/bronze foundry for many years and it doesn't take much to protect yourself from it.
Good of you to point that out. You see so much fabrication video's where people forget about their health it's scary. Don't forget the dust coming of the grinding discs , that alone is reason enough to put on a mask. If I compare a mask I've worn all day to a clean one from the outside it's night and day and all that dark dust could've ended up in my lungs.
@@bebobism Hello I was thinking the same thing. I learnt from guys with R/C boats, when they sharpen and cup their tiny propellors, they are worried about Beryllium in your airways.
Windshield looks rad 😂 ! If some poor soul ever has to take it out I hope he is subbed here and knows to take the two outer studs out lol ! Your going to have to complete one of these projects Karl your running out of room 😊 Always a lesson, always fun here, thanks for posting and keep them coming !
That's such a beautiful windshield. Don't forget to account for thickness of the paint layer. If this gets hosed down with high build those lower wings are going to need an extra 1/16". (Total from side to side.) It's something that's bit me before with side mirrors and trim.
Thanks for sharing, I just did a similar project, a 27 roadster with a brass Speedster windshield. Only difference was my roadster was fiberglass, so I had to add fiberglass in low spots. Your videos are always interesting! Thanks again for sharing!
Hey Karl, Looks great. You are very talented my friend. You should take a few orders on one of your car builds. Do a couple a year and that would be a hefty income. I know I would buy one if I could afford one. Love your channel and videos. Take care and be safe.
Karl absolutely beautiful craftsmanship sir. It looks really clean and very simple and smooth lines. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep making. God Bless.
Would LOVE to see the middle of the windshield frame continue down the middle of the hood as trim and then go from hood to nose and drop down to split the grill... all in bronze!
You make me laugh Karl , sometimes you say i am not an expert at this or the other and you have shown unusual ways of doing some things but in the end you always get a top job done like today its the Dog's Nut's dude well done 😁😁🤘🤘
Karl, If your going that far with the grill I think you should rack the bottom forward to. Matching the angle of flow of the windscreen would be awesome.
@@MakeItKustom Also you have to think that the Zephyr has sort of an arrow head front and the rod has a flat front to it. So you cardboard cut out will be different to the plain angle front on. So you really need to see it from the side for that cut out shape this from the front the bar section you are fitting will be thinner looking at the front. You'll have to workout the angles.
Karl, it certainly looks great...... But I wonder if it'll distort the cowl with the wind against the frame and glass? Perhaps a bit of bracing on the underside of the cowl wouldn't be a bad idea? Just a thought after all of your hard work, I'd hate to see it ruined the first time at speed! But it does look amazing 😍👍
That’s a good idea on the bracing. I think that you are correct and it should have some thing whether it may or may not need it. It’s better to be safe than in trouble.
Love it Karl. Great job. Maybe make a kind of spacer to "sandwich" the cowl once you tighten the window frame. Assembly order? Window frame /cowl/spacer/nuts. For the spacer use the template you made to locate the holes. Overkill? Certainly.
Unique work on this one. Glad you spent time developing the cowl up a bit to match, you can even see the difference using the reflections of the shop lights on the metal as the reflection transitions from the hood to the cowl. It’s subtle but noticeably more uniform now.
I like the grille like it is without the insert. I'm sure it will look the way you want it to, but plain is nice sometimes too. Just my 2 cents. The car is a beauty for sure, nice work on the windsheild install. Thanks for the vid.
Hey Karl I want to thank you for your videos. I totally dig your content, style, and skills. The portable planishing hammer is so cool. Such a great tool! I haven't seen Mrs. Make It Kustom lately. I guess she is still working it behind the scenes, but enjoy when she is in front of the camera too. Be well Clint
I realy think you need to take the bottom of the windshield frame in the center an move that to the bottom of the grill. That would flow extremely well and elongate the center bar threw the middle of the grill.
love the look. Love the way you changed the shape of the cowl to make it look like the car was originally designed that way. I agree about the support under the cowl. I'd make a channel out of sheet metal formed to fit the shape of the underside of the cowl. Love you work. love your channel.
The little touches that make a car great. You could have put the reinforcing strip underneath and just tightened everything- would have made it look wavy. This is so much better
Make a gasket to go between the Bronze and the Cowell. Keeps water from building hunder Cowell. Material a rubber base paper thin maybe like your Cad paper or twice as thick also absorbes shock Transition.. Suggestion ,
Here is my unsolicited 2 cents opinion. I think the split bar for the grille should stay true to the windshield and not be turned upside down and not have a wide of a flare as it does now. Thanks for taking the time to record for us.
If you were to remove the windshield's studs, they could be replaced with transfer screws that would mark your locations after the proper position was determined - just another option. The studs should be Allen head set screws so you can hold the stud from turning as you tighten the lock nuts. Over-torquing the screws, as you tighten the lock nuts can mess up the threads in the windshield.
Real nice work KARL . . . 😎👌 I would copy 'exactly' the dimensions of the bottom of the windscreen and use them on the bottom of the grill...the slimness of the arcs is what makes it.
There are some that will go to extreme lengths to achieve their visions and others who think cheating their viewers is... Alriggght, aaaawesome. I know which I prefer.
Have to say again, Karl, love your taste in "background music", it goes very well with the progress on the car. That windshield frame just fits right in like it was made for it. The roadster is coming along very nicely! I would echo the thoughts on reinforcing under the cowl to add rigidity.
Cool windshield frame. I like that you took the extra time to tune it in perfectly. I’m thinking the grill might need to lay back at an angle similar to the windshield frame.
Great creative work! Use bolts on the outside two in place of studs and you won't have to slot the holes. Keep working that left side fit, there's still a gap. Thumbs up.
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It's nice to have that helpful and kind friend working with you.. You should buy him a beer, if he drink that.
She's a beautiful work of art produced by a wonderful artist.
You might want to consider a reinforcement strip on the inside to prevent the nuts from deforming the metal around the holes. Between wind and weight of the glass and frame it may need a little more support.
Good thinking 👊🏻
So cool . I think you should leave the chrome bezel exposed on the grille to match windscreen
Yes , and I probably would've just started with that.
So position in the place where the fit looks the best , template the holes , drill 'm and see how much of a fit you can get just with bolting it down.
You can just pull the metal of the cowl up to the frame and monitor the warping and if needed modify the metal.
Even add more studs to get it closer in some places.
Grinding that expensive frame that's designed for high grade panels is something I would probably save for last.
@@gpw203 yup, exactly what I was thinkin
Just my thoughts also that window frame is really heavy on its own and then add glass and window pressure while driving I agree reinforcement is needed
That windshield looks like a pair of glasses for your car. Looks sweet, makes the Cars movie make so much sense.
Congrats on a quarter-million my friend! 🎉
Looks good, you have the skill set of someone twice your age. Always something to learn watching your channel.
Thanks so much!
I’m watching this and my wife walks in and says what is he doing it looks like he has a cake decorating tool. Lol I said he’s a a artist but he’s not baking a cake. Looks great Karl.
Nice to see more work on this beautiful little roadster getting done! It's such a masterpiece! Your skills are undeniable!
Does nothing stop you, Karl? WOW! Mate absolutely awesomeness at its best. You are right up there with the best auto body builders in the business regardless of what you think in your own head. Love your work as always. Billy J.... Queensland, Australia. 🚦🚥🚦🚥🚧
Thanks Billy! I’m always learning with every piece. Thanks for your support 👊👊
When you added the lubricant for planishing it made it much easier to see the metal moving with the reflections of your lighting.
Yea it does! Also helps for me to see
My tool path also
Ugggh, this car is just looking GORGEOUS... quality pays out and can never be denied! So excited to see what the end result will be. It's going to be a home run!!!
Such gorgeous fabrication work. The bead rolling, the speed holes, and just the styling in general, this is a top shelf build! Whether it's the gentle flare just before the windshield, or that profile in the rear wheel well, it just has all of those 'factory style' details which make this look like a factory prototype. This is the difference that a master fabricator adds to a build when they get involved at a design level!
And... postscript... all that gorgeous sheetmetal... Karl... can you PLEASE go with a gloss, or maybe semi-gloss clearcoat over bare (polished) steel for the finish??!?!?! puh-leeeeeeeeeease??!?
Thanks a lot, James! I appreciate your input and yes definitely this car will be gloss full paint job type completion! Cheers!
Well Karl, you have gone this far. This car deserves a flathead with a set of Ardun heads. That's kind of what it needs.
Love what you have done with this car. All the right stuff.
youtube said I opened this 8 seconds after you posted it and I was 12th to like it. Thanks for another good vid and thanks to Kristina for excellent music.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You haven't noticed in the 20-30 or so last videos that he's not with Kristina, but with Elio now.
This is one of the favorites you have on the channel man, it is going to be one sweet roadster when you are done!!
That windshield frame looks amazing.
Love the Duvall windshield, that was the right choice for that car.
I love the fact you are such a perfectionist....your idea for the grill is awesome...
Great example of patience and sense for detail - lvit
Amazing what a few thousandths move here and there can do to the whole structure. Great job showing that it's a slow precise process.
That windshield looks great,I almost forgot about this project it's been a while.
I recently started watching your your RUclips channel and love all the knowledge you pass on and your great passion and attitude you have doing metal work.
Thanks Jose welcome!
You do have an incredible amount of talent, brother. And your shop is amazing 👏.
Very interesting episode. I love the exotic looking shape of the windscreen.
You always make things look so simple, but always point out the little things. It's an excellent looking windshield. It's gonna look killer with a similar grill.
Thanks a lot Brian! Try my best to show the steps does each step is very simple, but as a whole might seem daunting
I absolutely love that windshield.
The end result is well wurth the work you put into it ! Great job
Dimpledie work and rear valance/defuser is Phenomenal
Kurt you keep one-upping yourself👍👍
Just a suggestion in the future when you are trying to make two handmade surfaces mesh make one surface the constant and the other the variable ( changing) You made both surfaces variable and that is a recipe for a nitemare
Lucky for you things worked out 👍🏁🇨🇦
That windshield looks great on there!
A 1933 or 1934 Ford grill shell would look very good with that Duvall windshield. Love the work you have done on the Model A.
Beautifully done. You're an inspiration brother
Love the straight cut gear whine and double de-clutch 👌
I think it looks great. I just want to mention that if you are going to be grinding and sanding extensively on brass or bronze on a regular basis. Respiratory protection would be a good idea. to protect from lead poisoning from the lead added to the metal to make it softer. I worked in a brass/bronze foundry for many years and it doesn't take much to protect yourself from it.
Good of you to point that out.
You see so much fabrication video's where people forget about their health it's scary.
Don't forget the dust coming of the grinding discs , that alone is reason enough to put on a mask.
If I compare a mask I've worn all day to a clean one from the outside it's night and day and all that dark dust could've ended up in my lungs.
@@bebobism Hello I was thinking the same thing. I learnt from guys with R/C boats, when they sharpen and cup their tiny propellors, they are worried about Beryllium in your airways.
That windshield looks sick🤘 really look forward to this build, we’ll all your builds really 😂
Was thinking fk just pull studs and put in through the bottom later, Thanks Elio.
Another interesting video as always.
Polish it and clear it. Polished Aluminum and Brass, Hell Yeah!
Windshield looks rad 😂 ! If some poor soul ever has to take it out I hope he is subbed here and knows to take the two outer studs out lol ! Your going to have to complete one of these projects Karl your running out of room 😊 Always a lesson, always fun here, thanks for posting and keep them coming !
Duvall windshields are the sexiest thing since mini-skirts.
Your knowledge and abilities are inspiring dude your channel has taught me such a lot thank so much 🙏
You’re very welcome!
Dimple dye city on that rig. Like it.
And a super nice fit.
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!!!
That's such a beautiful windshield.
Don't forget to account for thickness of the paint layer.
If this gets hosed down with high build those lower wings are going to need an extra 1/16". (Total from side to side.)
It's something that's bit me before with side mirrors and trim.
Thanks for sharing, I just did a similar project, a 27 roadster with a brass Speedster windshield. Only difference was my roadster was fiberglass, so I had to add fiberglass in low spots. Your videos are always interesting! Thanks again for sharing!
Hey Karl, Looks great. You are very talented my friend. You should take a few orders on one of your car builds. Do a couple a year and that would be a hefty income. I know I would buy one if I could afford one. Love your channel and videos. Take care and be safe.
Karl absolutely beautiful craftsmanship sir. It looks really clean and very simple and smooth lines. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Fab On. Weld On. Keep making. God Bless.
Love those duval screens,looks great!.
Can wait to see grille!
So much inspiration that I have and live though you. You are awesome thank you
Karl I must say ya did a good job manipulating the cowl and the windshield to match one another. Looks great. I like it the roadster looking Good.
Would LOVE to see the middle of the windshield frame continue down the middle of the hood as trim and then go from hood to nose and drop down to split the grill... all in bronze!
You make me laugh Karl , sometimes you say i am not an expert at this or the other and you have shown unusual ways of doing some things but in the end you always get a top job done like today its the Dog's Nut's dude well done 😁😁🤘🤘
Outstanding window. Great build.
Very nice job Karl looks nice
Karl, If your going that far with the grill I think you should rack the bottom forward to.
Matching the angle of flow of the windscreen would be awesome.
Interesting! Thanks for the suggestion
@@MakeItKustom Also you have to think that the Zephyr has sort of an arrow head front and the rod has a flat front to it. So you cardboard cut out will be different to the plain angle front on. So you really need to see it from the side for that cut out shape this from the front the bar section you are fitting will be thinner looking at the front. You'll have to workout the angles.
Looks good! I love your attention to detail
Cool looking windshield!
Love your work Carl.
I know exactly what you're talking about..just wish I was doing more of it lol..cold here in A.B..Awesome job man for sure 🤙
Haha ya it’s still
Winter out there. We have had a bit of snow too but I think it’s over
@@MakeItKustom finally 👌
Good job. The windshield looks great.
Looks beautiful Karl!
Karl, it certainly looks great...... But I wonder if it'll distort the cowl with the wind against the frame and glass? Perhaps a bit of bracing on the underside of the cowl wouldn't be a bad idea? Just a thought after all of your hard work, I'd hate to see it ruined the first time at speed! But it does look amazing 😍👍
That’s a good idea on the bracing. I think that you are correct and it should have some thing whether it may or may not need it. It’s better to be safe than in trouble.
Love it Karl. Great job. Maybe make a kind of spacer to "sandwich" the cowl once you tighten the window frame. Assembly order? Window frame /cowl/spacer/nuts. For the spacer use the template you made to locate the holes. Overkill? Certainly.
Great suggestion thank you so much!
Very nice. Been wanting to see you do the Big D windshield.
I never cared much for that style windshield.....'til now!
That's a really nice piece of BLING
Beautiful car, love everything about it EXCEPT, hate the fact that the rumble seat is no longer usable as a seat. 😢😢
You do damn nice work, I'm green with envy.
So great choice love that design 🤩
Unique work on this one. Glad you spent time developing the cowl up a bit to match, you can even see the difference using the reflections of the shop lights on the metal as the reflection transitions from the hood to the cowl. It’s subtle but noticeably more uniform now.
It IS a cool windshield!!!
Outstanding works as usual man, great to see it finally on- completely transforms the outline of the roadster- excited to see the grill idea come out!
Absolutely amazing! Is part of the plan to clear coat the bronze and leave it looking natural?
That was some good content on the windshield.
I like the grille like it is without the insert. I'm sure it will look the way you want it to, but plain is nice sometimes too. Just my 2 cents. The car is a beauty for sure, nice work on the windsheild install. Thanks for the vid.
Looks bloody amazing! Well done 🙂
Great video, another reason for me to reconsider using my aluminium version on my '31...
From my understanding those windshield frames where build to fit 1932 cowls. 30/31 are different shapes. But as you have shown can be made to fit.
Hey Karl
I want to thank you for your videos. I totally dig your content, style, and skills. The portable planishing hammer is so cool. Such a great tool!
I haven't seen Mrs. Make It Kustom lately. I guess she is still working it behind the scenes, but enjoy when she is in front of the camera too.
Be well
Clint
I realy think you need to take the bottom of the windshield frame in the center an move that to the bottom of the grill. That would flow extremely well and elongate the center bar threw the middle of the grill.
love the look. Love the way you changed the shape of the cowl to make it look like the car was originally designed that way.
I agree about the support under the cowl. I'd make a channel out of sheet metal formed to fit the shape of the underside of the cowl.
Love you work. love your channel.
Elio on the Arts n' Crafts 👍
One of the best videos on RUclips that I always wait for 🙃
Great works and projects for education🥳🥳🥳
Great stuff, as usual.
Another great video with great content! Cool windshield on a cool car!
The little touches that make a car great. You could have put the reinforcing strip underneath and just tightened everything- would have made it look wavy. This is so much better
Make a gasket to go between the Bronze and the Cowell. Keeps water from building hunder Cowell. Material a rubber base paper thin maybe like your Cad paper or twice as thick also absorbes shock Transition.. Suggestion ,
I trink it is a idea
Beautiful. Looks great.
Here is my unsolicited 2 cents opinion. I think the split bar for the grille should stay true to the windshield and not be turned upside down and not have a wide of a flare as it does now. Thanks for taking the time to record for us.
If you were to remove the windshield's studs, they could be replaced with transfer screws that would mark your locations after the proper position was determined - just another option.
The studs should be Allen head set screws so you can hold the stud from turning as you tighten the lock nuts. Over-torquing the screws, as you tighten the lock nuts can mess up the threads in the windshield.
Looks great
Real nice work KARL . . . 😎👌
I would copy 'exactly' the dimensions of the bottom of the windscreen and use them on the bottom of the grill...the slimness of the arcs is what makes it.
That grill looks like the biggest BMW emblem ever.
Can you show how you finish the inside or underside of panels after they are welded? I love your content. So inspiring.
Yes, absolutely I will do that next time
your work is topnotch
There are some that will go to extreme lengths to achieve their visions and others who think cheating their viewers is... Alriggght, aaaawesome.
I know which I prefer.
Have to say again, Karl, love your taste in "background music", it goes very well with the progress on the car. That windshield frame just fits right in like it was made for it. The roadster is coming along very nicely! I would echo the thoughts on reinforcing under the cowl to add rigidity.
Cool windshield frame. I like that you took the extra time to tune it in perfectly.
I’m thinking the grill might need to lay back at an angle similar to the windshield frame.
Hi Karl it is a great episode ❤
Great creative work! Use bolts on the outside two in place of studs and you won't have to slot the holes. Keep working that left side fit, there's still a gap. Thumbs up.
Looks good,thanks for the video.
Looks cool and thanks for sharing.
Great job learning from you